Will Smith Enlists Son Jaden For ‘Karate Kid’ Remake
I think it’s official — if you were old enough to see “The Karate Kid” in theaters, Hollywood considers you ancient news, and your childhood memories up for grabs. It’s the latest 80s movie to get the remake treatment, following in the wake of proposed updates of “Short Circuit,” “Footloose,” “Red Dawn,” and “The Last Starfighter.”
According to Variety, Jaden Smith, son of Will, is set to star as the next crane-kicking Karate Kid, confirming rumors that have swirled since September. The movie will be produced by Overbrook Entertainment, Smith’s production shingle. No director has been named, but Chris Murphy is penning the script.
This “Karate Kid” will be decidedly more exotic. Rather than being set in sunny California, the film will be shot in Beijing and other foreign cities.
It’s not clear what an American kid is doing in China, but I’m sure there’s a reason other than the cool architecture. Otherwise, the story will borrow from the original, where a bullied kid meets a wise mentor, who teaches him to stand up for himself using martial arts. The younger Smith is already a practitioner of martial arts, so he’ll be able to truly kick some Cobra Kai butt.
While it’s certainly the coolest role a kid like Smith could land, it feels very weird and wrong to remake this. The original is downright iconic, and such a product of the 80s, when everything Asian was cool and new. Karate was all we thought of back then (that and how amazing neon was), and I’m sure more than one of you shattered an ankle trying to do a crane kick off a chair. Still, everything that is old is new again, but I feel like checking into a nursing home already.
Does the news of a “Karate Kid” remake bother you, MTV readers? Or do you think Jaden Smith should take Ralph Macchio to the mat, and make it his own?
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Post by: Jar O Pickles on November 11, 2008, 01:05:06 PM
i cant wait till will smith does a rap remake of "you\'re the best"
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Post by: clips on November 11, 2008, 01:31:18 PM
Hmm..i don\'t know...it might be a good flick for the kiddies, with an updated twist on it, but i\'ve always thought that the original karate kid movies were gay....i\'ll pass.
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Post by: Jar O Pickles on November 11, 2008, 01:42:56 PM
fuck you it\'s one of the greatest movies ever made "Put him in a body bag, Johnny!!!"
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Post by: shockwaves on November 11, 2008, 02:00:32 PM
Will Smith is now dead to me.
I\'d like to sweep his leg.
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Post by: Coredweller on November 11, 2008, 03:36:54 PM
$10 says they cast Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi.
Never mind why a chinese guy is teaching Karate.
BTW no one can improve on Pat Morita.
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Post by: Luke on November 11, 2008, 03:57:11 PM
I\'m so sick of remakes.
Honestly... That\'s enough.
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Post by: clips on November 11, 2008, 03:58:10 PM
They\'re gonna get this guy to play Mr Miyagi....:eek:....:D..just to add some of that 80\'s flair to it.
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Post by: Jar O Pickles on November 12, 2008, 08:09:53 AM
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They\'re gonna get this guy to play Mr Miyagi....:eek:....:D..just to add some of that 80\'s flair to it.
theyre gonna get a mexican tranny to play miyagi? who\'s directing, John Waters?[dennismillermode=off]
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Post by: GmanJoe on November 12, 2008, 08:19:30 AM
Since we\'re laying down bets
$10 that Will Smith does a rap song to the tune of Everybody\'s Kung Fu Fighting.
Remember he did that abomination for Wild Wild West.
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Post by: Joker on November 12, 2008, 08:36:08 AM
another Will Smith rumor I heard recently was that himself and Steven Spielberg were in talks to make an American version of Oldboy.
OLDBOY
Oldboy is a Korean made revenge flick which is graphically violent, bleak, incestous, and most of all...done right the first time.
I could not think of two more inappropriate people to make this movie than Will Smith and Steven Spielberg. Hopefully a rumor is all it is.
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Post by: Eiksirf on November 12, 2008, 11:23:47 AM
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This “Karate Kid” will be decidedly more exotic.
That means this one will have black people.
This is a bad idea. Replacing Daniel-san with that girl was dumb, and now you need a whole new cast. They should ditch the name and just make it a generic, karate-themed sports movie which is what it will be anyway.
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Post by: Mr. Kennedy on November 12, 2008, 11:24:40 AM